. The life of the Greeks and Romans. kklesiai, dikasteria, bouleu-teria, the stadion, and hippodrome, reserved for the judges andleaders of the people, were generally wrought in marble. Thethronoi were in different parts richly decorated with carved COUCHES AND FOOTSTOOLS. 135 garlands or figures; in sculptures they occur in various low-backed thronos is shown in Figs. 185, g, and 186, a, theformer from the Harpy-monument at Xanthos, the latter from thefrieze of the Parthenon. The old wooden throne with a highback appears in a marble relief of the best period (Fig. 186, b),while seve
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. kklesiai, dikasteria, bouleu-teria, the stadion, and hippodrome, reserved for the judges andleaders of the people, were generally wrought in marble. Thethronoi were in different parts richly decorated with carved COUCHES AND FOOTSTOOLS. 135 garlands or figures; in sculptures they occur in various low-backed thronos is shown in Figs. 185, g, and 186, a, theformer from the Harpy-monument at Xanthos, the latter from thefrieze of the Parthenon. The old wooden throne with a highback appears in a marble relief of the best period (Fig. 186, b),while several richly ornamented marble seats in the theatre ofDionysos (Fig. 181), in the Akropolis of Athens (Stuart andHevett, Antiquities, iii., p. 19), illustrate the seats of honour ofthe athiothetai in the market-places. The existence of thronoiwithout backs is proved by the picture on a vase of a thronos(Fig. 185, h) on which Aigisthos is being killed by Orestes. Onthe seats of all these chairs woolly hides, blankets, or bolsters, used. a b Fig. 186. to be put, as is mentioned by Homer (see Fig. 185, b, c, e,f, g).To the throne belonged the footstool (Oprjvvs), either attached toits front legs, and therefore immovable, or as a separate piece offurniture. It was considered as indispensable both to rest thefeet and to mount the high throne. It was used, however, alsowith low seats, resembling very much our modern footstool (, d, and Fig. 186, c). Something similar may have been themassive wooden footstool (uffieKas) which, in the house of Odysseus,Eurymachos applies as a missile. The width of the footstoolcorresponds to that of the chair, those used for couches beingnaturally longer (see Fig. 188). 32. The oldest specimen of a bedstead (k\lv)]) is thatmentioned by Homer as joined together by Odysseus in his ownhouse. He had cut off the stem of an olive-tree a few feet fromthe ground, and joined to it the boards of the bed, so that the trunk THE BED. supported the bed at the h
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